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Camelot Days
"But still they tell that tale of ancient time,
The happy years of Arthur’s golden reign,
And still they speak of Merlin’s wizard rhyme.
And long for Arthur to return again;
And o’er his tomb they built a glorious fane,
And worshipped God that sacred grave upon ;
And ‘mid green fields the ruins still remain,
Where men may stand, and muse on Arthur gone,
There in the misty vale of gentle Avalon."
~The Burial of Arthur, Alec de Candole (1897-1918)
Avalon—its name meaning “the isle of fruit [or apple] trees”—first entered Arthurian tradition through Geoffrey of Monmouth’s influential Historia Regum Britanniae of 1136. In that work, it is described as a place of wonder: the forge of Excalibur and the island sanctuary to which Arthur was carried after being gravely wounded at the Battle of Camlann. Over time, many places have laid claim to Avalon’s legacy. Most famously, Glastonbury Tor was associated with Avalon after monks declared they had found Arthur’s grave there in the 12th century. Other candidates include the Isle of Man and Bardsey Island in North Wales—sometimes called the “Island of 20,000 Saints” and long believed by some to be Ynys Afallon, the legendary “Island of Apples.”
Across England, Scotland, Wales, and Brittany, more than a hundred legendary sites are linked to the tales of King Arthur. The stories of Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin, Morgan le Fay, the Lady of the Lake, the Green Knight, Uther Pendragon, Vortigern, the Knights of the Round Table, the fabled city of Camelot, and the enchanted isle of Avalon have been told and retold for centuries. Between the 11th and 15th centuries alone, they appeared in hundreds of manuscripts, written in at least a dozen languages.
This tartan was created in celebration of the enduring belief in Arthurian myth and legend, inspired by the idea that Ynys Enlli—Bardsey Island, off the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales—may be the fabled Avalon itself. Its colors draw from the soft lilac and amethyst hues of the island’s heather, contrasted with the shifting greys of the surrounding rocks. 🖤 🤍 💜 🖤 🏴 👑 ⚔️
The Festival du Roi Arthur is a music festival held in Bréal-sous-Montfort, France over several days. Bréal-sous-Montfort is located in Brittany, a Celtic center of Arthurian legend.
In one of the many legends placing King Arthur in Brittany, legends, Hoël, King of Brittany and the faithful King Arthur (known as The Bear), learn that Hélène (Lancelot du Lac's real mother) is being held hostage by a giant in Mont St. Michel. The night before his arrival at Mont St. Michel, King Arthur has a dream in which a dragon kills a bear, which he interprets as God showing him how he will be defeated by the forces of evil. Alas, Arthur arrives too late to save Hélène but thwarts the interpretation of the dream, by killing the giant and avenging her.
For more on the real-life origins of King Arthur, click the Aubrey Beardsley drawing.